Bird of Paradise

 Beautiful Birds, shoot at Brookside Gardens,I happen to go a day when the blooms  were right. Shutter Priority,  1/80s F5, ISO 250. second picture was dropped into Topaz Labs, and played with. Valerie

Hershey Gardens

                                                      Lovely rose garden

                                                     Day Lily tucked away under the tree.
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                                                Great Redwood tree, I felt like I was in California.

Lotus View

Black and white, or color, personally I love them both, I grew up with black and white film, my brother and I had a dark room in our basement. I spent  many hours in that room  messing up and creating master pieces( in my mind). I love the smell of it. Then the age of digital came and life has never been the same. Each one stands on its own, the beautiful rich pink, and contrasting greens, with the bright yellow that draws you into it's center. The many tones of gray and contrasting black, the clean lines, and textures that forms the petals. Yes I love them both. Valerie

A Great Sunset

Gary and I went out chasing the sun this evening, went through some beautiful country side,it;s amazing what you find,just head west. Nikon D90,18-200 Nikon Telephoto, shutter priority, 200 speed ISO 500 F29, minor  work in Photo Shop CS5

Under the Sea

This was fun to shoot,I feel like I was in there, Shot with Nikon D90,1/20,F8, ISO800, no flash shooting through glass.Nikon 18-200 zoom lens, tripod would have been nice, left it in the car.

Tiger Swallowtail

Taken this morning at Brookside Gardens outside of DC, Nikon D90, 18-200  Nikon Lens, ISO200,shutter 500, F5/6. 7 am. Manfrotto Tripod. Bright and beautiful.